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Pitseolak Ashoona (* 1904 oder 1907 in einem Inuit -Camp auf Nottingham Island, Territorium Nunavut, Kanada; † 28. Mai 1983 in Cape Dorset) und Kenojuak Ashevak gelten als die ersten Inuit-Frauen, die in den späten 1950er Jahren mit rasch wachsendem Erfolg zu zeichnen begannen.
Pitseolak Ashoona CM RCA (c. 1904 – May 28, 1983) was an Inuk Canadian artist admired for her prolific body of work. She was also a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
7. Feb. 2006 · Pitseolak Ashoona, CM, artist (born between 1904 and 1908 on Nottingham Island (Tujajuak), NWT; died 28 May 1983 in Cape Dorset, NWT). Among the first generation of Inuit printmakers, Pitseolak Ashoona was born en route from Nunavik in arctic Québec to the south coast of Baffin Island (Qikagtaaluk). She is known for her lively ...
Inuit artist Pitseolak Ashoona (c. 1904 –1983) reflects the transition from life on the land to settlement living in her rich body of drawings. Read her biography here.
12. Sept. 2017 · Pitseolak Ashoona was a highly acclaimed artist based in Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU. In the late 1950s Ashoona’s art career started with her sewing and embroidering in an arts and crafts program initiated by the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources.
20. Sept. 2016 · Pitseolak was given in an arranged marriage to Ashoona, whom she had known since childhood. Although Pitseolak mentions a rocky start to the union, she also says that, “after I got used to my husband I was really happy; we had a good life together.”
After her husband’s death at Nettilling Lake, in the interior of Baffin Island, Pitseolak and her six children (she bore seventeen in all) made a journey of two hundred kilometres to Cape Dorset. Determined to provide for her family herself, she earned a meagre living from her sewing, and was aided by family members; in fact, it was with the ...
